Greek Silver & Bronze
Lot 1700 Greek Silver & Bronze
Estimate $450
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ATTICA, Aegina, (510-490 B.C.), silver stater, (11.88 grams), obv. smoothed shell sea turtle without row of dots down dorsal spine, rev. incuse square, 'Union Jack' design with five sunken triangular compartments, (S.1851, Asyut Group III b 'thin collar' cf.439, SNG Cop. 511-3). Very fine and rare.
One of the earliest European archaic silver coins.
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Lot 1700 This lot
ATTICA, Aegina, (510-490 B.C.), silver stater, (11.88 grams), obv. smoothed shell sea turtle without row ...
Estimate $450
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ATTICA, Aegina, (510-490 B.C.), silver stater, (12.10 grams), obv. smoothed shell sea turtle without row ...
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